Met in HD: ANDREA CHÉNIER
Giordano’s ANDREA CHÉNIER
Saturday, December 13 at 1:00pm
LIVE in the Anderson Studio at Town Hall Theater
Pre-show talk at 12:15pm
Estimated run time: 3 hours, 30 minutes with two intermissions
Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Following their celebrated recent partnership in Giordano’s Fedora in the 2022–23 Live in HD season, Beczała reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard, the agent of the Reign of Terror who seals their fates. Met Principal Guest Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s gripping staging.
Met in HD: I PURITANI
Bellini’s I PURITANI
Saturday, January 10 at 1:00pm
LIVE in the Anderson Studio at Town Hall Theater
Pre-show talk by OCM Chorus Master Nathaniel Lew at 12:15pm
Estimated run time: 3 hours, 45 minutes with one intermission
For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals. This is the first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years with a striking staging by Charles Edwards, who makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer. The Met has assembled a world-beating quartet of stars, conducted by Marco Armiliato, for the demanding principal roles. Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee are Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War, with baritone Artur Ruciński as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio.
Met in HD: TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
Wagner’s TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
Saturday, March 21 at 12:00pm
LIVE in the Anderson Studio at Town Hall Theater
Pre-show talk at 11:15am
Estimated run time: 5 hours, 10 minutes with two intermissions
After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives in cinemas worldwide, as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan. The momentous occasion also marks the advent of a new, Met-debut staging by Yuval Sharon—hailed by The New York Times as “the most visionary opera director of his generation” and the first American to direct an opera at the famed Wagner festival in Bayreuth—as well as Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first time leading Tristan und Isolde at the Met. Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova reprises her portrayal of Brangäne, alongside bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny, who sings Kurwenal after celebrated Met appearances in Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer and Ring cycle. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green makes an important role debut as King Marke.
Met in HD: EL ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO
EL ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO
Gabriella Lena Frank / Libretto by Nilo Cruz
Saturday, May 30 at 1:00pm
LIVE in the Anderson Studio at Town Hall Theater
Pre-show talk by YAP Artistic Director Alejandro Roca at 12:15pm
Estimated run time: 2 hours, 50 minutes with one intermission
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. The famously feuding pair briefly relive their tumultuous love, embracing both the passion and the pain before bidding the land of the living a final farewell. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Met-premiere staging of Frank’s opera, a “confident, richly imagined score” (The New Yorker) that “bursts with color and fresh individuality” (Los Angeles Times). The vibrant new production, taking enthusiastic inspiration from Frida and Diego’s paintings, is directed and choreographed by Deborah Colker.
Met in HD: EUGENE ONEGIN
Tchaikovsky’s EUGENE ONEGIN
Saturday, June 20 at 1:00pm
ENCORE in the Anderson Studio at Town Hall Theater
Pre-show talk by OCM Chorus Master Nathaniel Lew at 12:15pm
Estimated run time: 4 hours, 15 minutes with two intermissions
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph). Timur Zangiev has his debut conducting at the Met.
Youth Opera: Cabaret on 46th
On November 29 and 30, Opera Company of Middlebury’s Youth Opera Company (YOC) presents its fall after-school workshop production, The Cabaret on 46th, a lively new cabaret-style production performed by eight young singers representing five high schools across Vermont. Set in a vibrant New York City cabaret catering to the international diplomatic corps of the United Nations, The Cabaret on 46th follows a cast thrown into an unexpected last-minute rehearsal just hours before opening night. In the scramble, surprising opportunities emerge, hidden talents shine, and the bittersweet twists of unrequited love come to the forefront. The production features an eclectic repertoire spanning cabaret, musical theater, operetta, and zarzuela, performed in French, Italian, Spanish, German, and English. Audiences will recognize classic musical theater selections, such as “Willkommen” from Cabaret, universally beloved songs such as “La vie en Rose” and the infectious joy of Offenbach’s Cancan!
The production is led from the piano by Youth Opera Company Music Director Mary Jane Austin, with story and stage direction by Opera Company of Middlebury’s General Director, Sarah Cullins.
Pay what you can. Suggested donation: $20/adult, Under 26 come free!
Youth Opera: Cabaret on 46th
On November 29 and 30, Opera Company of Middlebury’s Youth Opera Company (YOC) presents its fall after-school workshop production, The Cabaret on 46th, a lively new cabaret-style production performed by eight young singers representing five high schools across Vermont. Set in a vibrant New York City cabaret catering to the international diplomatic corps of the United Nations, The Cabaret on 46th follows a cast thrown into an unexpected last-minute rehearsal just hours before opening night. In the scramble, surprising opportunities emerge, hidden talents shine, and the bittersweet twists of unrequited love come to the forefront. The production features an eclectic repertoire spanning cabaret, musical theater, operetta, and zarzuela, performed in French, Italian, Spanish, German, and English. Audiences will recognize classic musical theater selections, such as “Willkommen” from Cabaret, universally beloved songs such as “La vie en Rose” and the infectious joy of Offenbach’s Cancan!
The production is led from the piano by Youth Opera Company Music Director Mary Jane Austin, with story and stage direction by Opera Company of Middlebury’s General Director, Sarah Cullins.
Pay what you can. Suggested donation: $20/adult, Under 26 come free!
Youth Opera: Cabaret on 46th
On November 29 and 30, Opera Company of Middlebury’s Youth Opera Company (YOC) presents its fall after-school workshop production, The Cabaret on 46th, a lively new cabaret-style production performed by eight young singers representing five high schools across Vermont. Set in a vibrant New York City cabaret catering to the international diplomatic corps of the United Nations, The Cabaret on 46th follows a cast thrown into an unexpected last-minute rehearsal just hours before opening night. In the scramble, surprising opportunities emerge, hidden talents shine, and the bittersweet twists of unrequited love come to the forefront. The production features an eclectic repertoire spanning cabaret, musical theater, operetta, and zarzuela, performed in French, Italian, Spanish, German, and English. Audiences will recognize classic musical theater selections, such as “Willkommen” from Cabaret, universally beloved songs such as “La vie en Rose” and the infectious joy of Offenbach’s Cancan!
The production is led from the piano by Youth Opera Company Music Director Mary Jane Austin, with story and stage direction by Opera Company of Middlebury’s General Director, Sarah Cullins.
Pay what you can. Suggested donation: $20/adult, Under 26 come free!
Met in HD: ARABELLA
Strauss’s ARABELLA
Saturday, November 22 at 1:00pm
LIVE in the main theater at Town Hall Theater
Pre-show talk by OCM Board Member David Clark at 12:15pm
Estimated run time: 4 hours, 10 minutes with two intermissions
Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times). Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen stars as the title heroine, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms. Radiant soprano Louise Alder is her sister, Zdenka, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny is the dashing count who sweeps Arabella off her feet. Nicholas Carter conducts.
Met in HD: LA BOHÈME
Puccini’s LA BOHÈME
Saturday, November 8 at 1:00pm
LIVE in the Anderson Studio at Town Hall Theater
Pre-show talk by Jerome Shedd, OCM Board Member and accomplished composer, at 12:15pm
Estimated run time: 3 hours, 30 minutes with two intermissions
With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking. Franco Zeffirelli’s picture-perfect production brings 19th-century Paris to the Met stage as Puccini’s young friends and lovers navigate the joy and struggle of bohemian life. Soprano Juliana Grigoryan is the feeble seamstress Mimì, opposite tenor Freddie De Tommaso as the ardent poet Rodolfo. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts.
Met in HD: LA SONNAMBULA
Bellini’s LA SONNAMBULA
Saturday, October 25 at 1:00pm
Encore in the Anderson Studio at Town Hall Theater
Estimated run time: 3 hours, 15 minutes with one intermission
Following triumphant Live in HD performances in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found. In his new production, Rolando Villazón—the tenor who has embarked on a brilliant second career as a director—retains the opera’s original setting in the Swiss Alps but uses its somnambulant plot to explore the emotional and psychological valleys of the mind. Tenor Xabier Anduaga co-stars as Amina’s fiancé, Elvino, alongside soprano Sydney Mancasola as her rival, Lisa, and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Count Rodolfo. Riccardo Frizza takes the podium for one of opera’s most ravishing works.
Pre-show talk information to come!
THE BERNSTEIN SONGBOOK + TROUBLE IN TAHITI
Opera Company of Middlebury presents…
The Bernstein Songbook + Trouble in Tahiti
This special evening begins with an exploration of Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway musicals, from On the Town (1944) through Candide (1956) and West Side Story (1957), and culminates in a full production with orchestra of his rarely seen witty jazz-infused one-act opera, Trouble in Tahiti, that paints a sharp, satirical portrait of 1950s suburban life.
Pre-show talk by Dr. Danielle Simon, OCM Board member and Assistant Professor of Music at Middlebury College at 1:00pm.
Meet the Trouble in Tahiti cast here!
Reserved ticket prices: $61, $77, $88
Under the age of 26? Check out our Opera Under 26 program to learn how to get free tickets to the opera!
PRE-SHOW TALK with Dr. Danielle Simon: The Bernstein Songbook + Trouble in Tahiti
Join us for a pre-show talk before The Bernstein Songbook + Trouble in Tahiti given by Dr. Danielle Simon, OCM Board Member and Assistant Professor of Music at Middlebury College!
1:00pm pre-show talk, 2:00pm performance begins
Free with admission to any festival event.
THE BERNSTEIN SONGBOOK + TROUBLE IN TAHITI
Opera Company of Middlebury presents…
The Bernstein Songbook + Trouble in Tahiti
This special evening begins with an exploration of Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway musicals, from On the Town (1944) through Candide (1956) and West Side Story (1957), and culminates in a full production with orchestra of his rarely seen witty jazz-infused one-act opera, Trouble in Tahiti, that paints a sharp, satirical portrait of 1950s suburban life.
Pre-show talk by Helen Lyons, OCM Board member and Music Manager at Vermont Public at 1:00pm.
Meet the Trouble in Tahiti cast here!
Reserved ticket prices: $61, $77, $88
Under the age of 26? Check out our Opera Under 26 program to learn how to get free tickets to the opera!
PRE-SHOW TALK with Helen Lyons: The Bernstein Songbook + Trouble in Tahiti
Join us for a pre-show talk before The Bernstein Songbook + Trouble in Tahiti given by Helen Lyons, OCM Board Member and Music Manager at Vermont Public!
1:00pm pre-show talk, 2:00pm performance begins
Free with admission to any festival event.
THE BERNSTEIN SONGBOOK + TROUBLE IN TAHITI: Opening Night + Prosecco Reception
Opera Company of Middlebury presents…
The Bernstein Songbook + Trouble in Tahiti
This special evening begins with an exploration of Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway musicals, from On the Town (1944) through Candide (1956) and West Side Story (1957), and culminates in a full production with orchestra of his rarely seen witty jazz-infused one-act opera, Trouble in Tahiti, that paints a sharp, satirical portrait of 1950s suburban life. Prosecco reception to follow.
Pre-show talk by OCM Chorus Master Nathaniel Lew at 6:30pm.
Meet the Trouble in Tahiti cast here!
Reserved ticket prices: $61, $77, $88
Under the age of 26? Check out our Opera Under 26 program to learn how to get free tickets to the opera!
PRE-SHOW TALK with Nathaniel Lew: The Bernstein Songbook + Trouble in Tahiti
Join us for a pre-show talk before The Bernstein Songbook + Trouble in Tahiti given by OCM Chorus Master Nathaniel Lew!
6:30pm pre-show talk, 7:30pm performance begins
Free with admission to any festival event.
CANDIDE: Screening of OCM’s 2021 Film
Join us for a screening of OCM’s acclaimed film of our 2021 production of Candide with a special pre-show talk given by OCM Artistic Director Douglas Anderson before the event!
The Opera Company of Middlebury’s Candide has thrilled people all over the world. During the height of the pandemic, when a live production was impossible, OCM used state-of-the art tricks of cinema magic to create a visually stunning landscape for Bernstein’s comic operetta. Watch the trailer here.
6:30pm bar/doors open, 7:00pm pre-show talk, 7:30pm screening begins
$20/$40 reserved seating
Under the age of 26? Check out our Opera Under 26 program to learn how to get free tickets to the opera!
PRE-SHOW TALK with Douglas Anderson: OCM’s Candide
Join us for a pre-show talk before our screening of OCM’s acclaimed 2021 film of Candide given by OCM Artistic Director Douglas Anderson!
6:30pm bar/doors open, 7:00pm pre-show talk, 7:30pm screening begins
Free with admission to any festival event.
WEST SIDE STORY: Screening of the 1961 film
Join us for a screening of the 1961 film West Side Story with a special pre-show talk given by OCM Artistic Director Douglas Anderson before the event! This classic movie musical is a cinematic masterpiece - watch the original MGM trailer.
6:30pm bar/doors open, 7:00pm pre-show talk, 7:30pm screening begins
$10 admission
Under the age of 26? Check out our Opera Under 26 program to learn how to get free tickets to the opera!
PRE-SHOW TALK with Douglas Anderson: West Side Story
Join us for a pre-show talk before our screening of the 1961 film West Side Story given by OCM Artistic Director Douglas Anderson!
6:30pm bar/doors open, 7:00pm pre-show talk, 7:30pm screening begins
Free with admission to any festival event.
A BERNSTEIN FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT: Reception, Talk, and Screening
Join us as we open A Bernstein Festival with a festive toast of prosecco and light refreshments, followed by a pre-show talk from OCM Music Director Filippo Ciabatti, who will share a conductor’s insight into Leonard Bernstein’s extraordinary life and legacy. The evening’s main feature is the acclaimed 1993 documentary Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music, created shortly after Bernstein’s passing by director Horant H. Honfeld, who spent two decades following the maestro. This intimate film offers a rare perspective, enriched with archival treasures—interviews, speeches, and excerpts from Bernstein’s landmark Omnibus television series—and was originally presented as part of PBS’s Great Performances.
6:30pm bar/doors open, 7:00pm pre-show talk, 7:30 screening begins
FREE ADMISSION, but registration is required. Register here.
Project Serenade, Live in Concert
Shelburne Vineyard & OCM present: Project Serenade, Live in Concert
This is a benefit concert to support Project Serenade programming throughout the summer!
Gates open at 7pm, and the concert begins at 7:15pm
Tickets $10-$50
This is a family friendly event, we have plenty of non-alcoholic drink options 🙂
Everyone 12 years of age and over needs a ticket
This event will happen on our lawn, in the event of rain we will move indoors
Project Serenade, a program of the Opera Company of Middlebury's Youth Opera (YOC), was launched mid-pandemic in 2020 by YOC's founder, Sarah Cullins. Every summer since then, Youth Opera singers have brought joy and music to our senior community throughout Chittenden, Washington and Addison counties through concerts of opera and musical theater. Join these stars of the future as they launch this year's concert series and continue this important mission of creating community through song.
Young Artist Program: Puccini’s GIANNI SCHICCHI
OCM’s Young Artist Program presents Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi
Hear the stars of tomorrow in the Opera Company of Middlebury’s Young Artists Program production of Puccini’s hilarious one-act Gianni Schicchi. Eastman Opera Theater’s Pat Diamond directs a cast of 10 up-and-coming professionals and five local talents in a uniquely staged production in Town Hall Theater’s new Doug & Debby Anderson Studio. Coached and conducted by Yale Opera faculty YAP Artistic Director Alejandro Roca, Young Artists also understudy principal roles in the mainstage production of La Bohème and appear in the ensemble.
The production is set mid-century in an upper middle class Italian-American immigrant family who is “living the dream” with cannoli, Dolce and Gabbana, Vespas, and negronis. Their world gets turned upside down when their patriarch Buoso Donati dies and his will is read. Gianni Schicchi, the provincial “country bumpkin” saves the day. . .or does he?
Under the age of 26? Check out our Opera Under 26 program to learn how to get free tickets to the opera!
Staying in town for the event? Historic Waybury Inn is offering 15% off of its room rate (and a free breakfast) to anyone holding a ticket for this event. Contact www.wayburyinn.com to book your room, using the promo code THT1884. Or call 802.388.4015.
ARTISTIC TEAM:
Sarah Cullins, Director of Education & Outreach, Director of Young Artist Program
Alejandro Roca, Young Artist Program Artistic Director
Pat Diamond, Young Artist Program Guest Stage Director
Anne Sutton, Assistant Stage Director
GIANNI SCHICCHI CAST:
Schicchi - Gregory Gropper
Lauretta - Hayley Fox
Zita - Melina Jaharis
Rinuccio - Héctor Camacho Salazar
Gherardo - Orlando Montalvo Avalo
Nella - Hayley Abramowitz
Betto di Signa - Johannes Linneballe
Simone - Andrew Boisvert
Marco - Lifan Deng
La Ciesca - Amanda Cabán
Local Cast:
Maestro Spinelloccio - Jon Isham
Ser Amantio di Nicolao - Nathan Stefani
Gherardino - Soledad Pareja
Pinellino - John-Eric Robinson
Guccio - Isaiah Robinson
OCM Mainstage: LA BOHÈME
OCM Mainstage presents Puccini’s La Bohème!
Director Douglas Anderson reimagines this classic opera as a contemporary urban tale. Puccini's characters are young artists who have come to the big city to make a name for themselves. "As we all learned in the 70s and 80s," says Anderson, "those ambitions are easily dashed." It's a timeless story of hope, struggle, romance and disappointment, all bathed in the most glorious music ever written. With a superb cast of professional singers from across the country and a full orchestra under the baton of Maestro Filippo Ciabatti. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Pre-performance lecture with Filippo Ciabatti, Music Director/La Bohème Conductor at 1:00pm in the Anderson Studio in Town Hall Theater’s new wing.
Under the age of 26? Check out our Opera Under 26 program to learn how to get free tickets to the opera!
Staying in town for the event? Historic Waybury Inn is offering 15% off of its room rate (and a free breakfast) to anyone holding a ticket for this event. Contact www.wayburyinn.com to book your room, using the promo code THT1884. Or call 802.388.4015.
Pre-show Talk: La Bohème with Conductor Filippo Ciabatti
Join Conductor Filippo Ciabatti for a pre-performance discussion about OCM's contemporary reimagining of Puccini's beloved La Bohème.
Begins at 1:00pm in the Anderson Studio in Town Hall Theater's new wing.
Young Artist Program: Puccini’s GIANNI SCHICCHI
OCM’s Young Artist Program presents Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi
Hear the stars of tomorrow in the Opera Company of Middlebury’s Young Artists Program production of Puccini’s hilarious one-act Gianni Schicchi. Eastman Opera Theater’s Pat Diamond directs a cast of 10 up-and-coming professionals and five local talents in a uniquely staged production in Town Hall Theater’s new Doug & Debby Anderson Studio. Coached and conducted by Yale Opera faculty YAP Artistic Director Alejandro Roca, Young Artists also understudy principal roles in the mainstage production of La Bohème and appear in the ensemble.
The production is set mid-century in an upper middle class Italian-American immigrant family who is “living the dream” with cannoli, Dolce and Gabbana, Vespas, and negronis. Their world gets turned upside down when their patriarch Buoso Donati dies and his will is read. Gianni Schicchi, the provincial “country bumpkin” saves the day. . .or does he?
Under the age of 26? Check out our Opera Under 26 program to learn how to get free tickets to the opera!
Staying in town for the event? Historic Waybury Inn is offering 15% off of its room rate (and a free breakfast) to anyone holding a ticket for this event. Contact www.wayburyinn.com to book your room, using the promo code THT1884. Or call 802.388.4015.
ARTISTIC TEAM:
Sarah Cullins, Director of Education & Outreach, Director of Young Artist Program
Alejandro Roca, Young Artist Program Artistic Director
Pat Diamond, Young Artist Program Guest Stage Director
Anne Sutton, Assistant Stage Director
GIANNI SCHICCHI CAST:
Schicchi - Gregory Gropper
Lauretta - Hayley Fox
Zita - Melina Jaharis
Rinuccio - Héctor Camacho Salazar
Gherardo - Orlando Montalvo Avalo
Nella - Hayley Abramowitz
Betto di Signa - Johannes Linneballe
Simone - Andrew Boisvert
Marco - Lifan Deng
La Ciesca - Amanda Cabán
Local Cast:
Maestro Spinelloccio - Jon Isham
Ser Amantio di Nicolao - Nathan Stefani
Gherardino - Soledad Pareja
Pinellino - John-Eric Robinson
Guccio - Isaiah Robinson
OCM Mainstage: LA BOHÈME
OCM Mainstage presents Puccini’s La Bohème!
Director Douglas Anderson reimagines this classic opera as a contemporary urban tale. Puccini's characters are young artists who have come to the big city to make a name for themselves. "As we all learned in the 70s and 80s," says Anderson, "those ambitions are easily dashed." It's a timeless story of hope, struggle, romance and disappointment, all bathed in the most glorious music ever written. With a superb cast of professional singers from across the country and a full orchestra under the baton of Maestro Filippo Ciabatti. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Pre-performance talk with Douglas Anderson, Artistic Director/La Bohème Stage Director at 6:30pm in the Anderson Studio in Town Hall Theater’s new wing.
Under the age of 26? Check out our Opera Under 26 program to learn how to get free tickets to the opera!
Staying in town for the event? Historic Waybury Inn is offering 15% off of its room rate (and a free breakfast) to anyone holding a ticket for this event. Contact www.wayburyinn.com to book your room, using the promo code THT1884. Or call 802.388.4015.
Pre-Show Talk: La Bohème with Director Douglas Anderson
Join Director Douglas Anderson for a pre-performance discussion about OCM's contemporary reimagining of Puccini's beloved La Bohème.
Begins at 6:30pm in the Anderson Studio in Town Hall Theater's new wing.
OCM Mainstage: LA BOHÈME
OCM Mainstage presents Puccini’s La Bohème!
Director Douglas Anderson reimagines this classic opera as a contemporary urban tale. Puccini's characters are young artists who have come to the big city to make a name for themselves. "As we all learned in the 70s and 80s," says Anderson, "those ambitions are easily dashed." It's a timeless story of hope, struggle, romance and disappointment, all bathed in the most glorious music ever written. With a superb cast of professional singers from across the country and a full orchestra under the baton of Maestro Filippo Ciabatti. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Pre-performance lecture with Anne Sutton, Assistant Stage Director, Young Artist Program at 1:00pm in the Anderson Studio in Town Hall Theater’s new wing!
Under the age of 26? Check out our Opera Under 26 program to learn how to get free tickets to the opera!
Staying in town for the event? Historic Waybury Inn is offering 15% off of its room rate (and a free breakfast) to anyone holding a ticket for this event. Contact www.wayburyinn.com to book your room, using the promo code THT1884. Or call 802.388.4015.
OCM Mainstage: LA BOHÈME
OCM Mainstage presents Puccini’s La Bohème!
Director Douglas Anderson reimagines this classic opera as a contemporary urban tale. Puccini's characters are young artists who have come to the big city to make a name for themselves. "As we all learned in the 70s and 80s," says Anderson, "those ambitions are easily dashed." It's a timeless story of hope, struggle, romance and disappointment, all bathed in the most glorious music ever written. With a superb cast of professional singers from across the country and a full orchestra under the baton of Maestro Filippo Ciabatti. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Pre-performance lecture with Alejandro Roca, Artistic & Music Director, Young Artist Program at 6:30pm in the Anderson Studio in Town Hall Theater’s new wing!
Under the age of 26? Check out our Opera Under 26 program to learn how to get free tickets to the opera!
Staying in town for the event? Historic Waybury Inn is offering 15% off of its room rate (and a free breakfast) to anyone holding a ticket for this event. Contact www.wayburyinn.com to book your room, using the promo code THT1884. Or call 802.388.4015.
La Bohème: FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL
We've been overwhelmed by the response from our opera community - official performances of La Bohème and Gianni Schicchi have sold out! To ensure no one misses out, we're opening our final dress rehearsal to patrons.
La Bohème Final Dress Rehearsal
Wednesday, June 4 at 7pm | Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
Tickets $45 | General Admission (no assigned seating)
*IMPORTANT: This is the final dress rehearsal, not a performance. The director may stop, start, and repeat scenes as needed.
OCM Young Artist Program presents: Puccini and his Contemporaries
The OCM Young Artist Program presents:
Puccini and his Contemporaries, a recital with the Stowe Performing Arts Noon Music in May series.
The OCM Young Artist Program presents a recital of Puccini and his verismo contemporaries, such as Respighi and Leoncavallo as a precursor to OCM’s June productions of Puccini’s operas, La Bohème and Gianni Schicchi. The singers of the Youth Artist Program hail from around the country as well as China, Denmark and Colombia – truly the stars of tomorrow!
Singers Amanda Cabán, Melina Jaharis and Orlando Montalvo Avalo will be joined by Hayley Abramowitz, Andrew Boisvert, Héctor Camacho-Salazar, Lifan Deng, Hayley Fox, Gregory Gropper and Johannes Linneballe, accompanied by pianist and Young Artist Program Artistic Director Alejandro Roca.
Admission is free. Donations gratefully accepted.
Dear Diary: Mozart Scenes with Youth Opera Company
An original story about high school told through Mozart operas.
Experience the drama of 1950s high school life through the timeless music of Mozart! Our talented 8-member Youth Opera cast brings you a new mini-opera based on beloved scenes from Le nozze di Figaro, The Magic Flute, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, and La Clemenza di Tito.
This performance will be accompanied by pianist and YOC Music Director Mary Jane Austin." Dear Diary" was written and staged by YOC Director Sarah Cullins and its cast of young singers represent five Vermont high schools: Middlebury Union, Mt. Abraham Union, Harwood Union, U32, and Montpelier.
No tickets required. Pay what you can at the door.
Dear Diary: Mozart Scenes with Youth Opera Company
An original story about high school told through Mozart operas.
Experience the drama of 1950s high school life through the timeless music of Mozart! Our talented 8-member Youth Opera cast brings you a new mini-opera based on beloved scenes from Le nozze di Figaro, The Magic Flute, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, and La Clemenza di Tito.
This performance will be accompanied by pianist and YOC Music Director Mary Jane Austin." Dear Diary" was written and staged by YOC Director Sarah Cullins and its cast of young singers represent five Vermont high schools: Middlebury Union, Mt. Abraham Union, Harwood Union, U32, and Montpelier.
No tickets required. Pay what you can at the door.